David Deming Announced as Harvard College Dean

Economist, Kirkland House faculty dean to succeed Rakesh Khurana

by Max J. Krupnick

House Renewal Gains and Challenges

Three projects in, some physical and financial assessments

by John S. Rosenberg

Brevia

Chao Center, a Law School alumnus as vice-presidential nominee, sexual-assault lexicon, Gen Ed transition, and more

News Briefs

Continuing challenges to undergraduate-admissions policies, and diversifying faculties

by John S. Rosenberg

Pranks in Pusey Library

A retrospective on the Lampoon’s 140 years of mischief

by Aidan Langston

A Pianist on the World Stage

Aristo Sham ’19 takes first place at the New York International Piano Competition.

by Aidan Langston

Katherine O’Dair to Replace Stephen Lassonde as Dean of Students

O’Dair will begin as the new dean of students in August. 

Scene 1, Take 2

Harvard goes Hollywood for Commencement, with sunny scenery, but sober talk.

Commencement Confetti

A multitalented student, political zingers, a retiring Commencement directors, final-club ribbing, and more

Academic Allston, At Last

Amid an Allston building boom, the first new academic ties between Harvard Business School and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

by John S. Rosenberg

The Art and Science of Class Scheduling

How to improve class scheduling—now, and when College classes cross the Charles River for the new engineering complex in Allston.

by John S. Rosenberg